The Aircraft In The Woods At Yeadon Airport

Uno Hoo · Post by **Uno Hoo** » Fri 09 Oct, 2009 11:48 pm

And was it really BA in 1978? As I say, I haven't checked, but would have said that by then it would be British Midland, who also used Viscounts.

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Sat 10 Oct, 2009 11:36 am

Uno Hoo wrote: And was it really BA in 1978? As I say, I haven't checked, but would have said that by then it would be British Midland, who also used Viscounts. Definitely. I flew to Heathrow on 26-10-78. I was going to Italy on a visit to the factory of our major supplier with some customers. The firemen were on strike in Italy so we were flying to Nice with BA and then travelling by coach to Ferrara. My case was booked through. It was only when I arrived at Heathrow that I was advised by others of our party that the plans had been changed, we were now travelling to Pisa, (which was operated by the Italian Air Force and therefore not affected by the strike) panic - I had to get my case off the Nice plane and on to the Pisa plane. We flew out on a BA Trident, and back. It was the first time I'd flown by jet, and when we landed at Heathrow coming back, condensation formed on the metal air vents and it started gently raining inside the plane

Loiner1960 · Post by **Loiner1960** » Sat 10 Oct, 2009 5:36 pm

The practice fire aircraft was originaly a Varsity. It could be seen from the Bayton Lane land. Which was owned by the golf course. Used to cycle up there a lot. When the runway was extended this area was taken over as it was always the emergency exit for Fire and Ambulance. For a short time the Varsity was replaced with a HS748. But not for long. I do seem to remember this being reported in the YEP.The airport built a viewing platform as some slight recompense for the loss of Bayton Lane.It lasted a few years but recent development and terrorists put paid to that too.BKS flew a fleet of Avro Vicounts from LBA for years. Dan-Air took them over and replaced them with BAC 1-11's. Both aircraft were successful exports, of which little is heard now.

Uno Hoo · Post by **Uno Hoo** » Sun 11 Oct, 2009 12:38 pm

Trojan wrote: Uno Hoo wrote: And was it really BA in 1978? As I say, I haven't checked, but would have said that by then it would be British Midland, who also used Viscounts. Definitely. I flew to Heathrow on 26-10-78. I was going to Italy on a visit to the factory of our major supplier with some customers. The firemen were on strike in Italy so we were flying to Nice with BA and then travelling by coach to Ferrara. My case was booked through. It was only when I arrived at Heathrow that I was advised by others of our party that the plans had been changed, we were now travelling to Pisa, (which was operated by the Italian Air Force and therefore not affected by the strike) panic - I had to get my case off the Nice plane and on to the Pisa plane. We flew out on a BA Trident, and back. It was the first time I'd flown by jet, and when we landed at Heathrow coming back, condensation formed on the metal air vents and it started gently raining inside the plane. BA's pull-out from LBA obviously later than I thought. Does that make me feel older, or younger?

Uno Hoo · Post by **Uno Hoo** » Sun 11 Oct, 2009 12:51 pm

Loiner1960 wrote: BKS flew a fleet of Avro Vicounts from LBA for years. Dan-Air took them over and replaced them with BAC 1-11's. Both aircraft were successful exports, of which little is heard now. I've no doubt that Avro would have loved to be credited with the design and production of a fine aircraft like the Viscount, but it was Vickers. Thanks for the reminder that BKS operated them - I tend to recall only Dakotas.

rangieowner · Post by **rangieowner** » Sun 18 Oct, 2009 4:50 pm

Uno Hoo wrote: Dunno where that emoticon's come from, and I can't edit it out. It's obstructing the bit of the post which says the Avro 748 was later called HS748. The 8 then the closed bracket caused the a full stop would help in these cases eg HS748.) lol

Post by **chameleon** » Sun 18 Oct, 2009 5:03 pm

rangieowner wrote: Uno Hoo wrote: Dunno where that emoticon's come from, and I can't edit it out. It's obstructing the bit of the post which says the Avro 748 was later called HS748. The 8 then the closed bracket caused the a full stop would help in these cases eg HS748.) lol Emoticon taken-off and flown away. Go back, click edit and add the bits you want Uno Hoo